. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . n, atleast sixty feet long and fifteen high, the roof a richmahogany color from the coffee fire constantly burning inthe middle of the tent. There were eight cofTee pots onthe smouldering ashes of that fire. In the largest theycook the coffee first, then they drain it off into the next,and so on until they reach the smallest, or one of thesmaller. It is slightly flavored with myrrh, and only asip is given you, in the bottom of a tiny cup.
. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . n, atleast sixty feet long and fifteen high, the roof a richmahogany color from the coffee fire constantly burning inthe middle of the tent. There were eight cofTee pots onthe smouldering ashes of that fire. In the largest theycook the coffee first, then they drain it off into the next,and so on until they reach the smallest, or one of thesmaller. It is slightly flavored with myrrh, and only asip is given you, in the bottom of a tiny cup. But thissip is repeated at irregular intervals, so that one ulti-mately drinks a good deal of strong coffee. By the firesquats a slave who attends to the coffee. About themiddle of the hut, where the light was vague, as thereare no windows, and the door is so low that you muststoop to enter, sat the great chief, with his back to thewall, and along the sides of the tent squatted many otherlesser chiefs, and innumerable other Arabs. Hajji re-ceived me with much friendliness and great honor, and Ireclined, since I do not enjoy squatting, by his side. He. THE FIRST CAMPAIGX. 253 insisted that we must eat with him, but as pious ShiiteMussulmans may not eat with Christians, our food wasserved apart. A round mat of straw was placed on theground in front of us, on which was set a great bowl ofrice, a smaller one of mutton, a couple of bowls of lebben,or milk soured by fermentation through leaven, and two ofthe great flat, unleavened, half-cooked barley cakes,which they call bread. For them was served in like man-ner. They ate with their fingers, but we used our lebbenspoons for the rice also, reserving our fingers for thebread and mutton. It requires more skill than we pos-sessed to eat rice with our fingers, without slobbering, touse an unpleasant but expressive word. After our partyhad eaten all they wished, others took their places, and soon until nothing remained. Everything was d
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